Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket
By: Vincent Hunt
4.34
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Blood in the Forest tells the brutal story of the forgotten battles of the final months of the Seco…
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1. The Fall of Berlin 1945
By: Antony Beevor
4.29
Format: 490 pages, Paperback
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more
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- russia
- history
- military fiction
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945
2. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.39
Format: 886 pages, Paperback
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more
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- world war ii
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"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
3. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness
By: Brian Murphy , None
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight t… read more
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- world war ii
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4. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
By: Gregory A. Freeman
4.36
Format: None pages,
An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- military history
- world war ii
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5. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more
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- world war ii
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6. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
7. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
By: Christopher R. Browning
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more
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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
8. The Pit and the Pendulum
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.15
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. We enter the mind… read more
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"How at least shall we distinguish its shadows from those of the tomb?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"He who has never swooned, is not he who finds strange palaces and wildly familiar faces in coals that glow; is not he who beholds floating in mid-air the sad visions that the many may not view; is no…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
9. Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma
By: Richard Dunlop
4.00
Format: 199 pages,
In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William "Wild B… read more
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- history
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
10. The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
By: None , Edward E. Ericson Jr. , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4.32
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prison… read more
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- nonfiction
- russia
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"To taste the sea, all one needs is one gulp."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
11. Columbine
By: Dave Cullen
4.29
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . . " So begins a new epilogue, ill… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The final portrait is often furthest from the truth."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?"-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
12. Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich
By: Robert Gerwarth
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century… read more
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13. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
By: Günter K. Koschorrek
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more
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14. Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
By: Erich Maria Remarque
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic--a German doctor and refugee l… read more
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15. Three Comrades
By: Erich Maria Remarque
4.50
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
THREE COMRADES The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earni… read more
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16. Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps
By: None
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
..". Mr. Arad reports as a controlled and effective witness for the prosecution.... Mr. Arad's book… read more
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17. Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944
By: Max Hastings
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
World-renowned British historian Sir Max Hastings recounts one of the most horrific months of World… read more
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18. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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19. SAS great escapes
By: Damien Lewis
4.26
Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio
No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren … read more
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20. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more
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21. Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front. Volume II: Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Battle for East Prussia
By: Hans Heinz Rehfeldt
4.50
Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition
This second volume of a Nazi soldier's WWII diary continues the chronicle of his experiences on the… read more
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22. No Place To Lay My Head: A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War Two (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)
By: Anthony Richardson
4.22
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
The eye-opening account of the forgotten and tumultuous Eastern Front in World War Two.Perfect for … read more
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23. The Battle of Halbe, 1945: Eyewitness Accounts from Hell's Cauldron
By: Eberhard Baumgart
4.02
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
In April 1945, German troops withdrawing from the Seelow Heights were encircled by the Soviet Army … read more
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24. Blood, Dust and Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front, 1938-1943
By: Robin Schaefer
4.28
Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition
"The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian st… read more
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25. Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War)
By: NORMAN GLADDEN
4.26
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling eyewitness account of the bloody battle of Passchendaele. Perfect for fans of Lyn Ma… read more
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26. U-Boat 977: The U-boat That Escaped To Argentina (Fortunes of War)
By: Heinz Schäffer
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
U-boat 977 was the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War Two. This… read more
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27. Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket
By: Vincent Hunt
4.34
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Blood in the Forest tells the brutal story of the forgotten battles of the final months of the Seco… read more
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- world war ii
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- european history
- 20th century
28. SS: Hell on the Eastern Front: The Waffen-SS War in Russia 1941-1945
By: Christopher Ailsby
3.70
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and detailed account of every aspect of the Waffen-SS's war on the Eastern Front: its… read more
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29. Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II
By: Frank Blaichman
4.32
Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition
Frank Blaichman was sixteen years old when the war broke out. In 1942, the killings began in Poland… read more
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30. Women of the Third Reich: From Camp Guards to Combatants
By: Tim Heath
4.27
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The women of the Third Reich were a vital part in a complex and vilified system. What was their rol… read more
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31. The Kaiser's Pirates: Hunting Germany's Raiding Cruisers in World War I
By: Nick Hewitt
4.04
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The Kaiser’s Pirates is a dramatic and little-known story of World War I, when the actions of a few… read more
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